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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10622881, member: 76316"]He's slip-cast, ~14" high; the base is ~9 1/4" X ~8". Weight is 14 3/4 ounces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've had him 35 years, from a "junque" store in Susanville, California. The seller was emphatic that our resplendent fellow was a "Japan Shotgun"! I failed to disabuse her...he cost me under $10.</p><p><br /></p><p>But my ignorance about what, or whom, he may be or represent is no less that when I brought him home...promptly into a storage trunk, where he remained until this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the mark a reproduction of something much older? Have he an' his livestock any special significance? I was (an' still am) by the difference in modeling quality between his hands...an' those 2 lambs. There's a message there, but I'll leave that to y'all.</p><p><br /></p><p>My gratitude is loaded, ready to enhance your otherwise well-deserved laurels upon the slightest illumination of his lamb-loving Benevolence. Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]532038[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532041[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532047[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10622881, member: 76316"]He's slip-cast, ~14" high; the base is ~9 1/4" X ~8". Weight is 14 3/4 ounces. I've had him 35 years, from a "junque" store in Susanville, California. The seller was emphatic that our resplendent fellow was a "Japan Shotgun"! I failed to disabuse her...he cost me under $10. But my ignorance about what, or whom, he may be or represent is no less that when I brought him home...promptly into a storage trunk, where he remained until this day. Is the mark a reproduction of something much older? Have he an' his livestock any special significance? I was (an' still am) by the difference in modeling quality between his hands...an' those 2 lambs. There's a message there, but I'll leave that to y'all. My gratitude is loaded, ready to enhance your otherwise well-deserved laurels upon the slightest illumination of his lamb-loving Benevolence. Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]532038[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532041[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]532047[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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